U.S. Border Patrol Catches Canadian Woman Trying to Smuggle…Chocolate ‘Kinder’ Egg?

(By Meredith Jessup, The Blaze) - When Lind Bird was recently stopped at the U.S. border and selected for a random search of her vehicle, she was surprised to learn that a $2 piece of candy could net her a whopping $300 fine. At issue was a Kinder Surprise egg — a chocolate egg that contains a small plastic toy inside.

When customs officials discovered the Kinder candy in her car, Bird says it was confiscated. She was warned that the small candy is illegal in the United States and was considered “contraband.”

The children’s candy has been banned in the United States because officials worry small children could choke on the small toy inside it.